First off, we have eleven reasons. Eleven masters must have left, and we know Eaten was one at the time. It’s implied that Veils came from somewhere else, but perhaps that is not true, or perhaps it was before their exile.
We know not-Masters can become Masters, as the player may become one in a Destiny. What solid proof do we have that Cups is Mirrors, and that Apples is Hearts? I am curious also to know where it says Eaten was ever a runt, as well as what, if anything, is known about the Order of Days.
I agree with the labelling of Stones and Iron. Stones even mentions something about a cure for hoarding (quoted on Handsome Zack’s list of the Masters, though I don’t know the origin).
I could have sworn there were ten current masters, and that adding one more made eleven (for the destiny text) but I seem to have miscounted. X.x
I propose, perhaps, Love might be a Treachery of some sort? We know there’s a couple Masters that have a thing for this, though it might be only because of the Bazaar. The idea of breedign creatures being related to some unknown Treachery might be right instead, or perhaps as well.
Charity…well, in terms of charity to humans, Fires does like London as a whole, and Iron did warn the player on Christmas of things, with little to gain as a result. But I’m not sure that’s directly charitable, and it probably wasn’t towards humans at all. I think, perhaps, this might be Mr. Eaten, or his old self at least. He made himself a target, he genuinely liked the Second City and perhaps the First, he gave things to humans (Fadewalker’s quote supports this).
If runtery isn’t Candles, aberration might indicate the master in charge of the Labyrinth breeding program…Iunno. I’m just kinda guessing. Something something violating the Chain and I don’t even know details about Red Science or if it applies. Then again, if it is tormenting runts, perhaps this is Veils. He does love killing those who are lesser.
We know Cups never does anything for his Revels, and he is after dreams and fighting Spices for them, so perhaps idleness and dreams is him.
I wonder if either of the Masters we’ve seen gambling (Pages in the Marvellous and Apples for the yacht) might be a clue in some way. It could be one of these is failure and defeat, or why they fell from king to beggar. Then again, Cups oversees the Relickers, for some reason, and I’ve always thought of them as a sort of beggary type. No idea if that’s accurate. But I could also see Veils – not being proud of origins might imply he is proud of where he came from, or it might imply he isn’t proud of falling from power and becoming an exile.
As a footnote, I find it very interesting that the Jovial Contrarian may possess a copy of A Rhyming Revelry, and I wonder if we know the identity of the cellist. Was the Topsy King a musician as well as a scholar? headtilt
edited by shylarah on 3/10/2017
edited by shylarah on 3/10/2017